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It’s our favourite time of year over at NerdVsWorld, that wonderful time when all our favourite shows return and some likely new favourites begin their runs. Here’s our list of the new and returning shows we’re most looking forward too.

With Doctor Who Season 9 premiering both sides of the pond tomorrow (Saturday 19th September), here is a list of the US Premiere dates for our pick of the best returning shows for this Fall Season; as well as our pick of the new shows worth keeping an eye on.

Netflix have announced the release date for season one of their new original series: Marvel's Jessica Jones.

The entire 13 episode season will be available to stream from 8:01am on November 20th 2015.

The Netflix original series Marvel’s Jessica Jones is the second of four epic live action adventure series (Marvel’s Daredevil, which launched April 10th, Marvel’s Luke Cage and Marvel’s Iron Fist, all leading up to the teaming of the main characters in Marvel’s The Defenders) to premiere only on Netflix. It is a suspenseful, edgy...

Life is too short to waste on cultural elitism - and this obsession with undermining the worth and value of popular culture is a very disturbing problem for todays creatives.

Ahhh, “Popular” Culture, the thorn in the paw of Cultural Studies, the “middlebrow cult of the popular (..) holding literature to ransom”, the braying mass outside the ivory towers of the cultural elite; those self-proclaimed protectors of our cultural wealth that rail against cultural populism.

Between is the story of a town under siege from a mysterious disease that has wiped out everybody except those 21 years old and under. The series explores the power vacuum that results when a government has quarantined a 10-mile diameter area and left the inhabitants to fend for themselves.

Between stars Jennette McCurdy and was created by Michael McGowan, who executive produces along with Don Carmody (Resident Evil, Silent Hill, Goon, Chicago), David Cormican (The Tall Man, Faces in the Crowd), and Naveen Prasad, Executive Vice-...

If you've read Ferg's recent review of Jupiter Ascending and know my personal feelings towards the Matrix Trilogy and Speed Racer, then you'll know that the Wachowskis are not exactly flavour of the month here at The Wonky Spanner. However there may be a glimmer of hope in the near future in the form of Sense8, a forthcoming colloboration between them, J. Michael Straczynski and Grant Hill.

Sense8 is the story of eight people from around the world whose lives are suddenly and inexplicably connected in a fight for their own...

For fans of ABC's modern respin on classic fairy tales in the UK this will be welcome news indeed. Not only are the entire Seasons 1-3 now available to stream on Netflix, but also all available episodes of the current season. Further new episodes will be made available weekly just after the Sunday night U.S. broadcast on ABC.

About Once Upon A Time

This is Fairy Tale Land. It's filled with magic, monsters and all of the characters we all know from stories growing up. It's real, and so are the people in it. But unlike the "...

Breaking Bad spin off and Netflix original series, Better Call Saul, will be available for streaming exclusively on Netflix on Monday, February 9 and Tuesday, February 10, followed by new episodes every Tuesday at 7am UK time. Check out the trailer below.

Better Call Saul is the prequel to the award-winning series Breaking Bad. Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould created the show together and serve as co-showrunners of the premiere season. The series is set six years before Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk) meets Walter White. When we meet him...

Marvel and Netflix have annouced that David Tennant will be taking on the role of super-villain, Kilgrave in the forthcoming Marvel's A.K.A. Jessica Jones, due to air on Netflix in 2015.

The series is due to follow the life of former Super Heroine Jones, played by Breaking Bad's Krysten Ritter. Based on the Brian Michael Bendis comic series, Alias, this 10 episode series will form part of the Hell's Kitchen series and focus on Jones' life as a private eye. If this series is anything like the source material, then viewers should be...